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...Jersey's Governor Edison wanted a man capable of such "a vigorous leadership, as befits these new times." There was little in the record to suggest that Studebaker would be more radical than his dictum that one hour homework nightly is plenty for children. It looked as though Governor Edison would get the man he wanted - if Boss Hague could not prevent...
According to Dean Hanford's dictum, even men on the Dean's List have some limitations on such privileges, although they can presumably be trusted with greater responsibility in the matter of attendance as long as this does not interfere with the collective interests of the classes to which they belong...
Will the Navy and the Air Corps follow the lead of the Army and abandon their deferment programs? Men in the Marines have already received their six-months notice. What is to be the fate of the ROTC? In many quarters, sections of the Stimson dictum were taken to mean that the college units will be given up. When the lowered draft age becomes a reality, will the age limits of the ERC, and any other such groups operating under similar regulations, drop to meet it? And if they do should the colleges go into the English system...
...Cussed a U.S. Army Headquarters dictum that required a three-month cooling-off period for soldiers who want to marry British girls...
...This dictum of modern naval warfare was laid down last week by Rear Admiral Frederick Carl Sherman, captain of the great carrier Lexington, whose planes had sunk one and probably two Japanese carriers before she was sunk in turn by torpedoes and bombs delivered by determined Japanese airmen. The sinking of the Lexington ended the second round of a great heavyweight free-for-all, air ships v. surface ships. Before the Lexington's commander got home and buttoned on his reward, the golden shoulder boards of an admiral, another round had ended...